Surgical retractor with angling device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9872675
APP PUB NO 20150182211A1
SERIAL NO

14558284

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A physical retractor apparatus and method for retracting anatomy during surgery wherein the apparatus includes a handle rod, a body portion, a retractor blade and a mechanism which allows the retractor blade to be angularly adjusted, and secured, to one of any number of angular positions. The retractor blade may be first manually positioned to a gross angular position and thereafter fine tuned in angular position. The adjustment mechanism includes a pair of arms forced together to contract about a pivot pin to set an angular position and a threaded screw device which is rotatable to adjust further the angular position.

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THOMPSON SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INC10170 E CHERRY BEND RD TRAVERSE CITY MI 49684

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Martin, Christopher T Empire, US 68 700
Nowak, Steve Traverse City, US 22 281

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